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Halifax Regional Municipality will pay the British Crown the equivalent of a shilling to renew its lease on Point Pleasant Park today. Since 1866, the city has paid an annual rent of a British shilling — about eight cents by today’s standards — for ongoing use of the park. Deputy Mayor Steve Craig will represent the municipality at the symbolic ceremony at Point Pleasant Park today. Craig will present the shilling to Nova Scotia
Lieutenant-Government J-J Grant.

Nova Scotia’s major party leaders are lobbying for every last vote in the final weekend before Tuesday’s provincial election. Premier Stephen McNeil rallied his troops at a campaign event in Halifax, telling Liberal Party workers that a second majority mandate is within reach. Tory leader Jamie Baillie says only a change in government can turn around the province’s prospects, pitching his party as the only viable alternative. N-D-P leader Gary Burrill says the election comes at a “volatile moment” that could work in his party’s favour.